Cricket 1901

M ay 30 , I 9 0 i. CRICKET : A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME. i ? i Collegians, thus making the game a draw, each side having scored 178 runs for the loss of six wickets.” T h e r e was an exciting finish on Tuesday to the match at Swindon between Wiltshire and Glamorganshire, the latter requiring 20 runs to win when the last man went in. After a splendid fight Wiltshire succeeded in getting the desired wicket and won by five runs. T he follow ing are some of the latest hundreds :— MAY. 21. A. E. Hind, Crusaders v. Incogniti .........129* 23. G . E . Winter, Incogniti v. Trinity College... 101 23. R. E . M o r e , O x fo rd U n iv. v. Su rrey ... 133 23. H. K. L ongm an , Camb. U n iv. v. Y o rk sh ire 150 23. C a rp en ter, E ssex v. G lo u ce ste rsh ire ... 136 23. C. M cG a h ey, E ssex v. G lo u c e ste rsh ire ... 114 24. T y ld e sley , L ancashire y. W orcester ... 117 24. A . E ccles , L ancashire v . W orcester ... 125 24. B oard , G loucestershire v . E ssex .............161 24. H a l e , G loucestershire v . E ssex .............109* 25. H. H. Burton, Honor Oak v. Cheshunt ... 115 25. J. Attenborough, Clapton v. Honor Oak ... 103 25. G. Mazengarb, Clapton v. Honor Oak ... 113* 25. C. M cG ah ey , E ssex v. G lo u ce ste rsh ire ... 145 27. C a rfen ie r . E ssex v. K e n t ................................ 127 27. P. P errin , E ssex v. K e n t ................................189 27. 8. H. E vershed , D erb yshire v. Ham pshire 123 27. W r a t h a ll, G lo u cestersh ire v. S u ssex ... 135 27. J. D. Forbes,London Scottish v. Hampstead 116* 27. H.G.Dunkley ,Loe donScottishv.Bampstead 120* 27. P. W. Hale, Old Citizens v. Clapton .........104 28 H ea rn e (A.), K e n t v. E ssex ............. 152* 28. K . O . G o ld ie , S u ssex v. G lo u c e ste rsh ire 140 29. C arpenter , E ssex v. K e n t ................................104 * Signifies not out. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM THE LEICESTERSHIRE MATCH. 1'OTJRTH OK THE TOUR. Played at Leicester on May 27 and 28. Leicestershire won by nine wickets. The South Africans had their first experience on Monday of batting on a wicket which had been con­ siderably affected by rain, and naturally did not show to advantage, although Mr. Sinclair at last shewed what a first-rate batsman he is. The 8 outh Africans lost the toss, but Mr. De Trafford was not anxious to avail himself of his success, and decided to sacrifice his right to go in first; with very satisfactory results to his side. Geeson bowled very well indeed. For Leicestershire Knight played a sound innings, and Mr. De Trafford made some very fine hits in his innings of 40. At the end of ihe day Leicestershire were 72 runs on with three wickets in hand, and as thesecaused a good deal of trouble, the lead eventually amounted to 154. In their second innings the South Africans were out of the running, but they again showed that they never know when they are beaten, Mr. Graham playing a very fine innings, putting on 81 runs in seventy-five minutes in partnership with Mr. Murray Biseet and saving the innings defeat. S outh A frican s . Second innings. 47 c Whitehead, b Geeson ......... 3 13 cGeeson,bWood- cock................13 1 c Coe, b King ... 35 25 b King............... 11 5 b Crawford......... 0 12 b King.............. 5 10 lbw, b Crawford 3 3 c and b Crawford 0 8 c Whiteside, b Pough^r.........35 0 c Whitehead, b Crawford... . ... 11 0 not out............... 63 8 B 9, lb 2 , w 1 12 32 Total ...191 First innings. J. H. Sinclair, b Geeson ... J* L. Tancred, c King, b Pougher ...................... W. Sheldon, c Whiteside, b Pougher ...................... A. Reid, b Geeson ......... E. H. Halliwell, c Pougher, b Geeson ..................... B-!C. Cooley, c Trafford, b Geeson............................. A. Bissett, b Geeson ........ M. Hathom, c Knight, b Geeson............................. M. Bisset, e Cranfleld, b Oeeson............................. G. Rowe, c Coe, b Pougher R. Graham, not out ......... B 7 ,lb 1 ................ Total ................ 1 L eic e ste r sh ir e . C. J. B. Wood, lbw, b Rowe ................10 Knight, cReid,b Rowe 68 King, b Graham . ... 16 Pougher, c M.Bisset, b Graham ............... 1 Whitehead.lbw,bRowe 16 Coe, c A. Bisset, b Gra­ ham ... .............. 13 C. E. De Trafford, b R.T.Crawford,bRowe 9 Geeson, not out........ 31 Woodcock, b Cooley... 42 Whiteside, c Graham, b Cooley .............. 1 B i9, lb 8 , w 2 ... 39 Total ........586 Rowe ... .........40 Second innings:—Wood, not out, 14; Kf.ight, c Rowe, b Cooiey, 1; King, not out, 17 ; extras, 6 .— Total (1 wkt.), 38. S ou th A fr ic a n s . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W. O. M. R. W. K ing............... 9 2 30 «•....i 8 7403 Pougher.........22'5 7 64 3 ........... 9 3 20 1 Coe ................ 5 2 7 0 . Geeson ......... 9 2 33 7 . 8 1241 Woodcock.........10 1 35 1 Crawford ..... 13 4 4 33 4 Wood ......... 5 0 27 0 Woodcock bowled a wide. Rowe ... Sinclair Graham Cooley L e ic e ste r sh ir e . First innings. O. M. R. W. , 39 4 121 5 ... , 8 0 29 0 ... 29 3 fc4 3 ... 41 1 13 2 fcecond innings. O. M. R. W. ... 4 0 10 0 Sinclair bowled two wides. YORKSHIRE v LANCASHIRE. Played at Manchester on May 27 and 28. Yorkshire won by nine wickets. It used to be said that it was more difficult to make runs in Yorkshire v. Notts than in any other match, partly because the competition between the teams was so exceedingly keen that nine out of ten of the batsmen were bound to be nervous, partly because the bowlers worked as theyworked in no other match —and the bowlers were of the best — and partly because the fielding was so good. In the University match there is the same tension which makes good batsmen fail; but when once a man has broken through the spell be may have a beanfeast if he is lucky. But .in Yorkshire v. Notts he never found the bowling become loose, and every run had to be fought for. The position so long held by Notts in these annual encounters has of late been taken by Lancashire, and at least as much enthusinm is now shown in the North over the Lancashire-York- shire match as in the old days over Notts v. York­ shire. In the South of England there is nothing to correspond to this match. There is a good deal of keen competition between the actual players when Surrey meets Middlesex, but the average Surrey or Middlesex cricketer does not get particularly excited about the matches. In the North, on the otherhand, every man in the two counties feels that he has a personal interest in the result, and he discusses the chances of victory or defeat with a vigour which is decidedly refreshing. This year the interest which was shown in the match was as great as ever, and on Whit Monday the crowd at Old Trafford was esti­ mated at from 25,000 to 26,000. When Mr. Mac­ Laren won the toss there was joy in the Lancashire camp, and the spectators, most of whom were Lancashire men, prepared to pee their sidM take it out of the Yorkshire bowlers for most ot the dav. But a startling surprise was in store for them. The wicket proved to be somewhat fiery, so that Hirst and Rhodes enjoyed themselves, the former astonishing the batsmen with rising balls such as they are not accustomed to meet, and the latter doing uncon­ scionable and deceitful things. Goodness knows what would have happened if the Yorkshire fielding had been up to sample, but half-a-dozen catches were missed in the first hour’s play. Not that it seemed to matter much, for the batsmen were all uncomfortable and could none of them do anything with the bowling until Smith and Sharp and after­ wards Mold took their lives in their hands and went for it without hesitation. Thanks to them, the score was much larger than it promised to be, for eight wickets were down for 67 runs. The question was now whether the Yorkshiremen would take a leaf out of the book of the Lancashire tail, but three wickets fell in rapid succession and only 20 runs were up. The excitement became very great. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Taylor seemed like getting a hold of the bowling, when rain came down and caused an adjournment. On the wickets of other days rain coming on a hard wicket generally meant that for a time the batemen found it difficult to make mistakes, but it seems to be one of the defects of the prepared wickets that a mere shower may upset all calculations for half an hour or so, and no one could have been very surprised when two more wickets fell quickly. Hirst and Wain*right were then both missed, and making the most of their good fortune, hit hard, and at the close of the day the total was 88 for tbe loss of five wickets, the former being, not out, 13, and the latter, not out, 33. On Tuesday they batted very well, and while theywere in it looked as if-the rain had taken the fire out of the wicket without injuring it. But as soon as they were separated there was a breakdown, which might possibly have not been so pronounced if Lord Hawke and David Hunter, both useful players in an emergency, had been in the team. In ttoe second innings the two sides staited practically level, and everybody looked forward to a desperate struggle to the finish. But the Lancvhire batting broke down with a completeness which left no doubt that something had gone very wrong with the wicket, and at lunch time seven wickets had fallen for 36, and Yorkshire seemed to have the easiest of victories in their grasp. The team never recovered. Yorkshire only had to make 44 runs, and never left a doubt in the minds of their opponents that they would accom­ plish their task without any difficulty. L a n c a sh ir e . First innings. A. C. MacLaren, b Hirst ... 7 Ward, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst 16 Tyldesley, c Hirst, b Rhodes 14 A. Eccles, c Taylor, b Hirst 3 H. G. Garnett, c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst............................. 9 Cuttell, c Myers, b Rhodes 10 C. R. Hartley, c Haigh, b Rhodes............................. 4 Webb, c Haigh, b Hirst ... 0 Smith,c Haigh, b Rhodes... 23 Sharp, not out 30 Mold,cTunnicliffe, b Rhodes 12 B 4, nb 1 ................. 5 Total ...........133 Y o rksh ire . Second innings. b Hirst............ 12 c Tunnicliffe, b Haigh ....... o c Wainwright, b Hirst.............. o b Rhodes ....... 2 c Haigh, b Hirst 10 c Rhodes, b Hirst 1 b Rhodes ....... 1 not out................ 3 b Hirst................ 4 c Tunnicliffe, b Hirst................ 8 b Hirst............... l No-balls ... 2 Total 44 Wainwright, b Sharp 35 Myers.c Smith,b Mold 9 Whitehead, b Sharp... 3 Haigh, c and b Mold 1 Rhodes, not out......... 2 Lb 1 , nb 2 ......... 3 Total . 134 Brown,cSmith,b Sharp 13 Tunnicliffe, c Sharp, b Webb..................... 4 Denton, c Smith, b Webb...................... 0 T.L. Taylor, c Webb, b Sharp......................14 F. Mitchell, b Webb 10 Hirst, c MacLaren, b Sharp.................... 40 Second innings:—Brown, Tunnicliffe, not out, 18 ; Denton, not out, 19 ; extras 2.—Total (for one wicket), 44. L an cash ire . First innings. O. M. R. W. Rhodes ......... 24*1 7 67 5 ... Hirst ......... 215 54 5 ... Haigh ......... 3 070 ... Hirst delivered one and Haigh two no-balls. Y o r k sh ir e . First innings. Second innings. O. M. R. W.O.M.R.W. Sharp................. 26 4 89 5 Mold................ 4-5 3 4 2 Weba ........... 22 6 38 3 8 harp delivered one and Webb two no-balls. Webb, b Mold, 5; Second innirgs. O. M. R. W. ... 14 9 14 2 ... 12-3 3 23 7 . . . 3 1 5 1 52 0 25 0 5 0 17 1 U.C.S. OLD BOYS. MAY. 4. Norbury, v. London and Westminster Bank 11. Hornsey, v. Hornsey 18. Brondesbury, v. London Scottish 25. Rickmansworth, v. Rickmansworth JUNE. 1 . Old Oak Road, Uxbri ge Road, v. Palingswick 8 . Arkley, v. Arkley 15. Hampton Wick, v. Hampton Wick 22 . Cheshunt, v. Cheshunt and District 29. Willesden Green, v. South Hampstead JULY. 6 . Neasden, v. School 13. Mill Hill, v. Mill Hill School 20. Finsbury, v. H.A.C. AUGUST. 3. Hampstead, v. Hampstead 5. Catford Bridge, v Private Banks 10. Enfield, v. Enfield 17. Finchley, v. Finchley 24. Willesden Green, v. South Hampstead 31. Brondesbury, v. London Scottish SEPTEMBER. 7. Ealing, v. Ealing